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Re: What is the cause?

Without a doubt a humpy. They enter the rivers by the thousands on odd years. They are also the second least desirabe eating salmon next to the chum or dog salmon and yes fun as hell to catch on light gear

Re: What is the cause?

That's an Alaskan Humpy for sure. The color of the water is a give a way. It could be the Kenai as I've caught some pretty big ones there. But see how he is holding it out to the camera? It's large but not that big. It's real fun hooking one in the hump. They go like a freight train. Oh and don't even think about eating eat a buck like that. It's only good for dog food.

Re: What is the cause?

Looks to me like that is a spawned out salmon. As far as being edible they are but I wouldn't eat one like that. As salmon go through the spawn at which time their body starts breaking down and dying, the meat also deteriorates in both quality and taste. The best salmon are those caught in the salt or soon after entering fresh water. The longer they are on the spawn and in fresh water the less edible they are.

Last edited by Waterdog; 09-06-2016 at 06:14 AM.

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